Tory Penny

[MikeKing]

What is the Tory Penny?

[truthteller]

Tory- refering to the British occupation and native colonial sympathizers to the royal British crown during the American colonial period.

 

Tory Penny- British minted pennies circulating with the colonies pre and post US revolutionary period. Those coins were very large. In addition, British merchant issued pennies circulating at the same period.

 

 

 

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[TomB]

My first thought would be a US-circulating Conder token, however, these didn't circulate much in the US at that point in time.

[Conder101]

The odd thing is that the "Tories" hadn't issued a penny in ages, probably over a hundred years. (I'm not too sure when the last silver penny was struck but I believe it was in the 1600's. The first copper penny wasn't struck until 1797, well after the rebel and tory period here.) The Tory "penny" would actually be a half penny.